This exponent foldable was inspired by To The Square Inch. I had my Algebra 1 students create an exponent problem of their choice. They had to illustrate it on their exponent foldable. We labeled the exponent, the base, and the power as our vocabulary words. Exponent Foldable We glued our exponent foldable in our Algebra …
I created this Algebra 1 interactive notebook page over absolute value. My students completed a frayer model for absolute value.Then, we illustrated absolute value on a number line. I was inspired by Dan Meyer’s Algebra 1 curriculum to include the dartboard example. I shared an example of the inside of our Frayer Models in this …
Today I want to share a translating expressions foldable I designed for my Algebra 1 students to complete in their interactive notebooks. I will be teaching 3 sections of Algebra 2, 2 sections of Algebra 1, and 1 section of Math Analysis (College Algebra) this year. It’s a good thing I love algebra since I …
I’m planning on implementing interactive notebooks this year in my high school math classroom. As I’ve been trying to decide exactly how they should be laid out, I’ve found myself sketching pages on a piece of notebook paper. This inspired me to create an interactive notebook planning page that I could print out that would …
This post should actually be titled “Teaching Probability with Deal or No Deal and Teaching Myself a Whole Lot More in the Process.” After my 8th graders were finished with state testing, my cooperating teacher suggested that I have the students play Deal or No Deal one day to practice probability. He told me that …
There are several organizations which will provide free math posters for your classroom. We Use Math (Sponsored by Brigham Young University Math Department) I requested and received several math posters from WeUseMath.org. According to their posters page, you can request posters by calling (801) 422-7894 or emailing marketing@math.byu.edu. American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society …
This year, I have a lot of ideas I want to implement in my high school math classroom. I definitely want to begin each class with bellwork. My plan, as of now, is to use practice ACT math questions as a warm-up. Though, some days the bellwork will be problems they have seen previously or questions such as Stella’s Stunners that …
Well, since I’m preparing to start my first year of teaching, I decided that I really needed to finish posting the last few projects I did during my student teaching. During my last week of student teaching, my cooperating teacher asked me to come up with a creative way to review some of the 8th …
I learned how to play the greedy pig dice game from my cooperating teacher at the middle school level who learned it at a workshop. Since becoming aware of this game, I’ve seen various versions floating around the internet. As part of my probability unit with my 8th graders after the OCCT, my cooperating teacher …
After my 8th graders finished their state testing, my cooperating teacher and I decided to plan a mini-unit on probability. Probability is an 8th grade math standard in Oklahoma, but it is not tested by the state. To be clear, I did not make up this game. I discovered this probability game a few weeks …
After spending three days working with my 8th graders on a road trip project, I needed a one-day activity that was fun, interactive, and tied to the 8th grade Oklahoma math standards. Looking for inspiration, I turned to the Internet where I soon found a link to Dan Meyer’s Three-Act Math Tasks via Pinterest. While …
During student teaching, my first cooperating teacher at the high school level shared with me the slope tree method of teaching slope. After introducing what slope was, we asked the students to draw a tree in their notes. However, they couldn’t draw just any tree. Instead, they would learn how to draw a special kind …
Last week in Algebra 1, we completed a scatter plots activity with m&m’s. Goals for this scatter plots activity: First the students were given a sheet of graph paper and a handful of M&M’s. After drawing an x- and y-axis, I had the students scatter their candy over the graph. Jumping straight into vocabulary, we …
I started writing this blog Math = Love in 2011 while I was still in college. I have collected my early blog posts and combined them into one single post that captures my journey through student teaching and the search for my first teaching job. It is my hope that future math teachers will find …